Freud's genius was his ability to analyze and theorize his observation. His idea were not always new ideas, but were extensions on concepts on ready in e

Freud's ideas and methods were considered by most to be radical and wrong. An example of Freud's radical theorizing is illustrated in his observation of patients who were said to be suffering from hysteria (a common syndrome characterized by general irritability, anxious expectations, and hypochondria). Hysteria was described as a "defense mechanism" against traumatic memories by neurologist. However Freud's observations of these patients said something different. Freud claimed that they suffered from either inadequate sexual discharge, unhealthy sexual practices such as excessive masturbation, or prolonged sexual abstinence. Freud called this syndrome "anxiety neuroses". His theory was that sexual excitement built up in the mind and could not be discharged adequately and somehow gets converted to anxiety. (Kramer 38)

xistence. The theory of the unconscious was not a discovery of Freud. Psychologist before Freud described the unconscious as a part of the mind that dealt with feelings and thoughts. Freud decla

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